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Our Doctors / Staff

John G. Ladas, MD, PhD, FACS

Dr. John G. Ladas is a Board-Certified/Fellowship trained Surgeon. He earned his MD and PhD from the Georgetown University School of Medicine where he received a full tuition scholarship and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society.

He completed his Ophthalmology training at the Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Eye Institute and the UCLA-Jules Stein Eye Institute, ranked the number one eye hospital in the East and West by the U.S. News and World Report. He is on the faculty of the Wilmer Eye Institute as an Asst. Professor of Ophthalmology.

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society

Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow

Edward A. Maumenee Research Award

Physician Scientist Fellowship

Pamela P. Cheung, MD

Dr. Pamela P. Cheung is a Board-Certified/Fellowship Trained Surgeon. She earned her MD from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her Ophthalmology Fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery at the Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Eye Institute, ranked the number one eye hospital in the East by U.S. News and World Report. Before moving to the DC area she was on the faculty at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University.

Honors and Awards

Stacy J. Bang, MD

Dr. Stacy J. Bang is fellowship trained in Cornea/External Diseases and Refractive Surgery. She earned her MD and Masters of Public Health from George Washington University where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. She completed her ophthalmology residency training at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center. She then completed her fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University/Wilmer Eye Institute, ranked the number one eye hospital in the East by U.S. News and World Report. She is on the faculty at Georgetown University and an Attending Surgeon at the Washington National Eye Center. In addition, she has been involved in multiple international surgical teams to Guatemala to provide quality eye care and surgery for the country's underserved people.

Honors and Awards

Gregory J. Ladas, MD, FACS

Dr. Gregory J. Ladas has been in practice since 1973. He is Board-Certified and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a graduate of the Georgetown School of Medicine where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society.

He completed his residency training at the Washington National Eye Center where he served as Chief Resident and is currently an Emeritus Senior Attending Surgeon. His specialties include comprehensive ophthalmology with special interests in glaucoma and laser surgery. He has been voted one of the areas "top doctors" by Washingtonian Magazine and Washington Checkbook Magazine.

Education

Residency in Ophthalmology, Washington National Eye Center

MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society

Honors Graduate

Lange Publication

Kathleen Z. Ladas, MD

Dr. Kathleen Z. Ladas is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist who has been practicing in this area since 1974. A graduate of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, she has the honor of being the first female selected for ophthalmic residency at the Washington National Eye Center. She has held office as President of the Medical Society of Prince William County, VA. Her expertise is in comprehensive and diagnostic ophthalmology.

Education

Residency in Ophthalmology, Washington National Eye Center

MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania

Honors and Awards

Honors Graduate

Past President of Medical Society of Prince William County,Virginia

William D. O'Donnell, MD

Dr.William D. O'Donnell is a Board-Certified Opthalmologist who has been practicing since 1973. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Washington National Eye Center. He is a comprehensive ophthalmologist with special interest in low vision evaluation and treatment as well as complex contact lens fitting.

Education

Residency in Ophthalmology, Washington National Eye Center

MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Honors and Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society

Michael D. Baum, MD

Dr. Michael D. Baum is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist who has been practicing ophthalmology in Silver Spring, MD since 1977. He earned his MD and completed his residency at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He is also a Senior Attending Physician at Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Baum has been voted one of the area’s “Top Doctors” by Washingtonian Magazine for the last twenty years.

Education

Residency, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Internship, Washington Hospital Center

MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine

David M. Wanicur, MD

Dr. David M. Wanicur is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist who has been practicing ophthalmology in Maryland since 1971. He earned his MD at University of Pittsburgh and completed his residency at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He also completed his Ophthalmology Fellowship training in laser surgery at the Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Eye Institute, ranked the number one eye hospital in the East by U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Wanicur also completed fellowship training in external diseases of the eye at The Proctor Eye Foundation in San Francisco, CA.

Education

Fellowship, Laser at Johns Hopkins/Wilmer Eye Institute

Fellowship, Proctor Eye Foundation in San Francisco

Residency, George Washington University Hospital (School of Medicine)

MD, University of Pittsburgh

BA, University of Pennsylvania

Honors and Awards

Past President of Maryland Academy of Ophthalmology

Jerome Gabry, MD

Dr. Jerome Gabry is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist who practiced Ophthalmology in New York City from 1979 until 1993, when he moved to Silver Spring, MD. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis Medical School and completed his ophthalmology training at The Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital in New York. Dr. Gabry is on staff at Holy Cross Hospital and has been voted one of the area's "Top Doctors" by Washingtonian Magazine at Washington Checkbook Magazine.

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Prevention of Blindness Society

Society for the Research and Prevention of Blindness

International Society of Refractive Surgery

Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

One of the aspects of our practice we are most proud of is our staff. Our main goal is to provide patients with the highest quality medical and surgical eye care in a warm and welcoming environment. We will do our very best to accommodate you and make your experience as comfortable and pleasurable as it can be.